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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

In research, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre stands highest in Medicine (#779 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,072 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,277 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Surgery and Immunology — Rheumatology is 16.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,328
of 28,054 · #2,158 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#97
of 1,094
Research works
4.5k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
205k
45.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #779 of 10,443 27.3%418 #407
Health SciencesDomain #1,072 of 11,982 27.1%440 #516
Life SciencesDomain #1,277 of 7,800 33.9%91 #1541
SurgerySubfield #307 of 1,816 25.6%131 #192

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#407 #779
  2. Health Sciences#516 #1,072
  3. Life Sciences#1,541 #1,277
  4. Surgery#192 #307
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 45.3 works16×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 131.2 works9.1×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 27.7 works6.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.99× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 418 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew Carr, Jeremy Fairbank and David W. Murray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.

  1. 1 Andrew Carr · #39,084 worldwide 410 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Jeremy Fairbank · #64,741 worldwide 682 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 David W. Murray · #103,907 worldwide 374 citations · 96 works
  4. 4 David Beard · #134,551 worldwide 338 citations · 102 works
  5. 5 John Goodfellow · #161,929 worldwide 100 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 P. J. R. Nichols · #167,854 worldwide 62 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 James T. Triffitt · #244,054 worldwide 109 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 M. J. O. Francis · #258,644 worldwide 78 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Martin McNally · #267,460 worldwide 81 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Eugene McNally · #269,973 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

Which keywords describe research at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Inflammation, Rehabilitation, Arthroplasty and Surgical Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology82▲ 3.4×101 topics
  2. Inflammation48▲ 3.8×68 topics
  3. Complications40▲ 13×14 topics
  4. Revision Surgery37▲ 48×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement37▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Rehabilitation30▲ 12×12 topics
  7. Arthroplasty26▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Surgical Management26▲ 10×14 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction25▲ 13×9 topics
  10. Biomechanics24▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Health-related Quality of Life23▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Outcomes21▲ 43×1 topic
  13. Total Knee Replacement21▲ 52×1 topic
  14. Diagnostic Imaging21▲ 31×4 topics
  15. Mortality20▲ 5.8×12 topics
  16. Autoantibodies20▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Antibiotic Prophylaxis18▲ 36×3 topics
  18. Periprosthetic Joint Infection18▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Prosthetic Joint Infections18▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Infection Prevention17▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Risk16▲ 8.6×9 topics
  22. Cytokines16▲ 9.4×6 topics
  23. Hip Arthroplasty16▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Surgery16▲ 7.4×10 topics
  25. Wear Particles16▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Biological Therapy15▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Regeneration14▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Rheumatoid Arthritis14▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs14▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Joint Inflammation14▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Elderly Patients13▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Internal Fixation13▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Osteoarthritis13▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Functional Recovery12▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Bone Healing12▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Fracture Epidemiology12▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Ankylosing Spondylitis12▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Spondyloarthritis12▲ 70×1 topic
  39. TGF-ß11▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Hip Fracture11▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …21Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 21 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…18Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 18 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…16Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 16 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…14Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 14 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 12 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 12 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures11Hip and Femur Fractures: 11 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…10Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 10 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…9Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 9 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…8Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 8 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyEpidemiologyImmunology

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSurgery 21 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsSurgery 18 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastySurgery 16 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesRheumatology 14 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatmentsEpidemiology 12 works
  6. 6 Spondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsRheumatology 12 works
  7. 7 Hip and Femur FracturesSurgery 11 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationSurgery 10 works
  9. 9 Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsRheumatology 9 works
  10. 10 Psoriasis: Treatment and PathogenesisImmunology 8 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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